On the Saturday before Memorial Day, we went to to Spanish Fork to visit Tim and his family as they were at his in-laws. We had a good time visiting and took a short trip to BYU-Provo. I hadn't been there in a long time. Tim wanted to get his boys out to run on the track. Now there's a group I can keep up with. Well, at least Bennett. I let Tim worry about Zach and Grant.
The house has been going in phases as well. We had to do a lot of waiting for our concrete guys, but they were good. After that, the basement and floor joists went in. Again, some waiting as my contractors are involved in more jobs than just my house.
It seems like everyone I talk to knows about our house going up. Half our ward lives in that neighborhood; and a good deal of other professors I see on campus as well. Last week, we stopped by some friends house on our way to check out the progress. We had a good time playing with their kids, then headed down the street together to take a look. You can see it in the background off to the right in the picture below.
Then last Saturday, we had breakfast with our friends from Bountiful, here to visit grandkids. Mary said she could see Kristina's baby bump as we came walking up. After breakfast, we took them by the house (as we do with all visiting friends these days), and our guys were there working, prepping the first walls to go up. As we watched, they raised the first wall.
It got me excited enough that later that day, I went back and helped for a couple hours. I haven't felt that useless in quite some time. I was mostly reduced to hauling boards and keeping scraps in order. I was able to keep them on tasks that I can't do and so helped them be a bit more productive. It was good to feel like I contributed, and it did allow them to raise a longer wall in one piece instead of two.
So we're seeing progress. It comes in bursts, but comes nonetheless.
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